Custom Shop Gibsons getting rarer

robmac5150 · January 2020

Is it just my imagination but it seems to be hardly any about these days. Ones that are, are being bought up by 3 or 4 dealers/traders....shame. There used to be some great ones on here. Not griping. Market forces and all that. Just an observation

Fifty9 · January 2020

Harley Bentons mate. All that’s needed is a pup swap and badda-bing

tony99 · January 2020

put me down for a white lezza (les paul I mean), yellowed quite a bit with age, ebony board and tarnished gold hardware and that's me happy

chrisj1602 · January 2020

I think their strategy has been to reduce production and hike the price up to make them more exclusive.

There’s probably plenty hung on walls but unfortunately less in the hands of gigging guitarists.

I tried some Eastmans and bought one of them instead.

Fishboy7 · January 2020

Don't seem to be so many semi hollows around - I regret missing out on the bunch of '61 RI 335s last year

RaymondLin · January 2020

a new R9 is like £5500 now, and I thought £3500 only 4 years ago was mad.

gibsongretschfan · January 2020

RaymondLin said:

a new R9 is like £5500 now, and I thought £3500 only 4 years ago was mad.

My R8 was £3400 in 2015

RaymondLin · January 2020

gibsongretschfan said:

RaymondLin said:

a new R9 is like £5500 now, and I thought £3500 only 4 years ago was mad.

My R8 was £3400 in 2015

Exactly!

mort · January 2020

RaymondLin said:

gibsongretschfan said:

RaymondLin said:

a new R9 is like £5500 now, and I thought £3500 only 4 years ago was mad.

My R8 was £3400 in 2015

Exactly!

My R8 was £2499 in 2018.........

darthed1981 · January 2020

Fifty9 said:

Harley Bentons mate. All that’s needed is a pup swap and badda-bing

Never a truer word spoken.

However if you WANT a Gibson R8 or whatever, you will never be happy with anything else.

robmac5150 · January 2020

darthed1981 said:

Fifty9 said:

Harley Bentons mate. All that’s needed is a pup swap and badda-bing

Never a truer word spoken.

However if you WANT a Gibson R8 or whatever, you will never be happy with anything else.

yeah. I am that person. Have had two R8's and a R9 over the last 30 years love em but stupidly sold them when not gigging. Sold my last R8 for £2250 to my best friend which was what I paid but biggest change is CS Fenders ...I sold a 56 3 years ago for £1300!

Adey · January 2020

tony99 said:k

put me down for a white lezza (les paul I mean), yellowed quite a bit with age, ebony board and tarnished gold hardware and that's me happy

Mmmmmmmm.........

tony99 · January 2020

Adey said:

tony99 said:k

put me down for a white lezza (les paul I mean), yellowed quite a bit with age, ebony board and tarnished gold hardware and that's me happy

Mmmmmmmm.........

https://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/select.php?cd=20-316740913

gibsongretschfan · January 2020

mort said:

RaymondLin said:

gibsongretschfan said:

RaymondLin said:

a new R9 is like £5500 now, and I thought £3500 only 4 years ago was mad.

My R8 was £3400 in 2015

Exactly!

My R8 was £2499 in 2018.........

In the bin with you! Was that in the sale thingy that was happening?

bgmartinsbridge · January 2020

I'm wondering if Gibson and Fender new prices are now so high that people are not buying as many. Therefore people are holding on to the old ones.

johnl · January 2020

Feeling pretty smug about my £2.5k R8 as well, although I regret not pulling the trigger one one of the interesting customs that GuitarGuitar had just before christmas.

Keefy · January 2020

For once I have bought something that has then gone up in value. Well for twice actually, as I am lucky enough to own two CS Gibsons, both bought used. On the other hand I have no intention of selling them, so not that much of an advantage after all!